GeneaBreaks 2024
Our July GeneaBreak featured a variety of public records, including cemetery records. (no handout).
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City Directories offer a wealth of information! See below for potential content - you might find a gold mine of information!
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City Directories handout
Source: Family Search
Potential Content
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City Directories handout
Source: Family Search
Potential Content
- An alphabetical listing of inhabitants (arranged by name, address, and occupation).
- A street address listing (arranged by address, name, and occupation).
- Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
- Ward maps.
- Street locator, including cross streets.
- Street name changes.
- Removals (sometimes destinations!).
- Businesses (and index to advertisers).
- Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, newspapers and often the names of persons associated with those entities.
- Many early directories listed only businesspeople.
- Some directories list wife in parenthesis.
- Whether a woman is a widow (including name of husband).
- List of marriages and deaths of previous year.
- Death date of recently deceased person who had been listed in a prior directory.
- Date of canvas that was used to create the directory (which may help pinpoint the time of year an ancestor may have arrived in a place)
Marriage Records
The Zoom recording of this session has expired; however, you will find lots of helpful information in the handout!
Among commonly used record collections for genealogists are the vital records known as BMD or birth, marriage, and death records. The spotlight for this month is shining upon marriage records. Paperwork associated with the marriages of our ancestors will vary among states, counties, and countries.
Marriage Records handout
The Zoom recording of this session has expired; however, you will find lots of helpful information in the handout!
Among commonly used record collections for genealogists are the vital records known as BMD or birth, marriage, and death records. The spotlight for this month is shining upon marriage records. Paperwork associated with the marriages of our ancestors will vary among states, counties, and countries.
Marriage Records handout
Birth and Baptismal Records
The Zoom recording of this session has expired; however, you will find lots of helpful information in the handout!
Vital records consist mainly of birth, marriage, and death records. A great fact about these types of records is how multiple generations are listed within the record. When it comes to birth records, most countries require civil registration with either a birth certificate or a birth registration. For example, in Pennsylvania, birth certificates were first used in 1906; however, at the county or city level, birth registrations were used much earlier, primarily from 1893 - 1905.
Birth and Baptismal Records handout
The Zoom recording of this session has expired; however, you will find lots of helpful information in the handout!
Vital records consist mainly of birth, marriage, and death records. A great fact about these types of records is how multiple generations are listed within the record. When it comes to birth records, most countries require civil registration with either a birth certificate or a birth registration. For example, in Pennsylvania, birth certificates were first used in 1906; however, at the county or city level, birth registrations were used much earlier, primarily from 1893 - 1905.
Birth and Baptismal Records handout
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Updated: 22 July 2024